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Having problems with your Acer Aspire M1641-U1521A PC Desktop ?

How do I format my desktop PC that is having problem starting?
I have backups, so just need to reformat to get a clean system.

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Start your desktop PC with a boo table OS CD , you have to select Boot from CD ROM Drive, In BIOS,

You need the CD Installers of your OSif you are using XP, just get the bootable CD and put it in the CD Drive. Then windows will guide you for the entire setup. If you choose Fresh Install, or Clean Install and FORMAT your disk, make sure to DELETE all your Disk partitions. Then you partition your disk and windows will prompt you to FORMAT

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